Across
- 2. diversion Process of moving water from its source to where humans use it
- 4. Water sticks to itself
- 5. All the land that supplies water to a particular river system
- 8. Smaller rivers that flows into larger rivers
- 9. A structure that blocks and helps regulate water flow
- 12. A permeable later that holds groundwater
- 13. The presence of disease-causing organisms in water
- 15. A hole humans dig into an aquifer to reach groundwater
- 18. The release of water vapor through plant leaves
- 19. Water that is relatively pure with few dissolved salts
- 21. The process of removing salt from seawater
- 22. Water moves from lakes, rivers, and moist soil to the atmosphere (liquid to gas)
- 24. Water vapor changes from a gas to a liquid
- 26. Largest area of water use
Down
- 1. Pollution that can come from petroleum products, pesticides, heavy metals and more
- 3. The build up of nutrients in a body of water
- 6. layer that contains spaces that water passes
- 7. layer that has few or no pores
- 10. Freshwater that is found underground
- 11. All of the water above and below Earth's surface and in the atmosphere
- 14. The world's largest aquifer
- 16. Water that flows along the ground into bodies of water like lakes, rivers and oceans
- 17. Areas where groundwater naturally rises to the surface
- 20. Artificial lakes that store water for human use
- 23. Water returns to earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, ect.
- 25. Sudden explosions of algae growth
